NCSU Smash Stacks - Round 9 @DUKE 10/30

[Ocean]

pools is smart. you get more practice in a competitive mood.

 

[TheLastCacely]

shut up, get out of here. pools is dumb. some of us have things to do.... pools will take up to much time.

 

[Shady Penguin]

pools is smart. you get more practice in a competitive mood.

While this does hold some water (pun intended, Ocean), some other people and I were not in much of a competitive mood in the pools last time since we realized they barely matter in the end.

 

[TheLastCacely]

^ this and ten of these.

 

[Jon?]

Pools are dumb unless you have 40+ entrants.

 

[stingers]

pools are good at big tourneys...but at small ones when you can just friendly a bunch of people...why bother

 

[Jon?]

where did the title of this thread come from anyway?

 

[rPSIvysaur]

Friendlies = sandbagging?

Freedom... 4th of July?

 

[TheLastCacely]

pools with 18 people = sandbagging lol

 

[Shady Penguin]

pools with 18 people = sandbagging lol

Haha, yep.

 

[stingers]

if you ask people for serious friendlies they'll prolly do it. unless they're ***** (shady)

 

[rPSIvysaur]

I don't really see a downside to the pools though.

 

[stingers]

make the tourney last longer.

 

[null55]

lol
brawl crews. how cute.

 

[Stockfield]

I probably won't make this.

 

[TheLastCacely]

FOXY attendance will suffer... move it to another...nvm.

 

[pitskeyblade]

Like the title. Where'd it come from? Keith! Play Brawl with me, pwease.

 

[I am Seth]

I'll be here. anyone want to mm?

 

[DJRome]

i'll take a melee mm

 

[*P*L*U*R*]

That ain't Peace, Love , Unity, Respect.


Sounds interesting and like a good way for someone like me(who's looking to improve at Brawl) to get more practice.

 

[DUB]

I'll be here. anyone want to mm?

sure doooo

 

[Gardevior]

if you ask people for serious friendlies they'll prolly do it. unless they're ***** (shady)

I friendlied with shady once and he airdodge DI'd. I was insulted.

 

[TheLastCacely]

dammit dubs coming

im not going anymore.

 

[stingers]

dubs going? legit. **** I wanna come now lol

 

[Foxy]

For those who are interested

the only people who complained last time were Keith and Shady

and of course the high-ranked players don't care for it, because they probably get a higher seed without it, they don't need the extra tourney experience, and won't go 0-2 in bracket, it wastes time for them, and they don't need to get their name and tourney records out there to get known/ranked.

but all those things benefit players who aren't at the top of the scene.

and it's not too much of an inconvenience anyways.

not throwing your opinions out, keith/shady/others, i really appreciate the input, but i want to try pools a couple more times. almost EVERY non-ranked player really appreciated them last time. that's my goal. i want it to be worth it for the new players. we need the scene to grow.

and the 3rd shouldn't be too inconvenient. it's a holiday, so potentially more people could come, as well. obviously some are going to be away, but it shouldn't be too bad, and summer attendance for most players should be easier.

if there's any low attendance, it's mostly the fact that venue confirmation took a while; so it only got announced a week-ish prior, instead of a few weeks. but i'll do my best to get it some publicity.

 

[stingers]

if more people liked pools then you should run them.

 

[Foxy]

Oh and the title is from the Bohemian ideals

should ring a bell for anyone who has seen Moulin Rouge

 

[TheLastCacely]

if you look at it like non-ranked players being middle class, and high ranked players being upper class. foxy did the same speech as obama.

 

[Jon?]

and the Melee players are chairmen of BP.

 

[Stockfield]

^ that was great.

 

[Gardevior]

There's only one chairman of bp.

 

[TheLastCacely]

i lold... mad hard.

 

[Ragnar0k]

Pools ****. I would have pools at every tournament if it were up to me. The only reason they take long is because our community is lazy and slow and doesn't play their matches asap like they should. And because we only ever have about 3-4 setups at brawl tournaments now days. Pools>friendlies in terms of experience points gained too. If you're complaining about pools then john moar. No offense to anyone but if you're upset about pools then bring a setup and change your own attitudes to alleviate the problems. There is nothing inherently wrong with pools like people seem to believe. They can only help our community grow and get better, which is what we need the most right now with mlg 2 months away. I don't know about you guys but I'd like to represent NC and prove we're not a state full of scrubs. Pools help the lower leveled players get more experience and get better. And in turn it makes the higher level players get better as well because the skill gap gets smaller. Consider it like an elevator and as the floor or lower leveled players rises, it makes the ceiling rise as well. We can only get better by playing against people that are better than us, so why not try to make everyone as good as possible. It will only help us in the long run.

tl;dr- no johns

ps: don't take this the wrong way guys I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything, I just want what's best for our community.

 

[TheLastCacely]

yo **** you, rag, thats why no one likes you. next time i see you ima say hi.

 

[Ledger_Damayn]

Keith, why do you even post? He was just trying to be helpful.

 

[TheLastCacely]

that doesnt sound like ledger... ledger would have seen the humor behind my post. who hacked ledgers account?

 

[Jon?]

He's trying to break 3k post count obviously.

 

[Foxy]

Pools ****. I would have pools at every tournament if it were up to me. The only reason they take long is because our community is lazy and slow and doesn't play their matches asap like they should. And because we only ever have about 3-4 setups at brawl tournaments now days. Pools>friendlies in terms of experience points gained too. If you're complaining about pools then john moar. No offense to anyone but if you're upset about pools then bring a setup and change your own attitudes to alleviate the problems. There is nothing inherently wrong with pools like people seem to believe. They can only help our community grow and get better, which is what we need the most right now with mlg 2 months away. I don't know about you guys but I'd like to represent NC and prove we're not a state full of scrubs. Pools help the lower leveled players get more experience and get better. And in turn it makes the higher level players get better as well because the skill gap gets smaller. Consider it like an elevator and as the floor or lower leveled players rises, it makes the ceiling rise as well. We can only get better by playing against people that are better than us, so why not try to make everyone as good as possible. It will only help us in the long run.

tl;dr- no johns

ps: don't take this the wrong way guys I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything, I just want what's best for our community.

=D=D

loving rag.

 

[I am Seth]

Trevor nailed it 100% on the head. Pools are the best idea for nc right at this moment. Just bring setups so we don't end up like sc.

 

[null55]

lol gimme an easy pool though.